Cigarettes After Sex: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Dec. 13, 2017 | Bob Boilen — This comes close to the quietest Tiny Desk Concert we’ve ever had. The music Greg Gonzalez makes with his longtime bandmate Phillip Tubbs as Cigarettes After Sex is hushed. The common thread in these songs is minimalism, heard in both Greg’s guitar and Philip’s synth, that lay just under Greg Gonzalez’s barely audible, somewhat spoken singing. Yet, somehow, this sound that barely exists holds together because of the strong melodies in these songs. I find I sing them to myself over and over again. “K.,” the opening track to this Tiny Desk Concert [See More…]
